Episode
Helena Miton on Cultural Evolution in Music and Writing Systems
COMPLEXITY · Oct 29, 2020 · 1 h 02 min
Organisms aren’t the only products of the evolutionary process. Cultural products such as writing, art, and music also undergo change over time, subject to both the constraints of the physical environment and the psychologies of those who make them. In recent years, the study of cultural evolution has exploded with new insights — revelations into the dynamics of how culture is transmitted, how…